The text reads that Cuba expects that the Ecuadorian Armed Forceswill respect and observe the Constitution of their country and that they will guarantee the inviolability of the democratically elected president, Rafael Correa, and democracy.

The statement also challenges the government of the United States to condemn the coup attempt noting that, until now, the spokesman of the State Department has only said that the US “is closely following the situation.”

The statement of support says that events like this only serve foreign interests like the U.S. interventionist policies in the region, and obstruct independent processes in an attempt to silence the voice of Ecuador and its President.

The declaration concludes saying that Cuba already warned that the impunity enjoyed by coup d’état perpetrators in Honduras, with the participation of U.S. power circles, opened a new era of coup d’états and military dictatorships in the region.